Hand of Death(Movie, 1976)

Name: Hand of Death
Genre: Action
Released: 1976
Duration: T01:37:00
Rating: 3

Original title: "少林門" (Chinese (Mandarin)/ZH)

1h 37min | Genre: Action

Rating: 3.0/5 (with 26 votes)

Hand of Death (simplified Chinese: 少林门; traditional Chinese: 少林門; pinyin: shǎolínmén), also known as Countdown in Kung Fu, is a 1976 Hong Kong martial arts film written and directed by John Woo. It stars Doran Tan and James Tien in leading roles, and features early supporting performances from Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. Yuen Biao also makes a cameo appearance. In addition to their acting roles, Hung also worked as stunt co-ordinator, whilst Biao also performed much of the stuntwork, including doubling for both of the principal stars. ()

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About Hand of Death

A young monk must face the Extended Iron Claw technique of a powerful warlord seeking to destroy Shaolin.

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Trailer for Hand of Death + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Official Trailer(Trailer, 1:32)

Official Trailer (Trailer) | Original Theatrical Trailer (Trailer) | Eureka Double Bill Trailer (Trailer) | [Trailer] 少林門 ( The Hand Of Death ) - Restored Version (Trailer) | HAND OF DEATH (1976) Trailer for early John Woo with Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung (Trailer)

Additional Information

Production country: Hong Kong

Made by: Golden Harvest Company, Paragon Films Ltd

Original language: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Spoken languages: Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Translated into 19 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Thai (TH), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 07/15/1976

Cast: Tao-liang Tan, James Tien, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, John Woo, Wei Yang, Yuen Wah, Carter Wong, Kim Gi-ju, Yuen Biao

Director: John Woo

Producer: Raymond Chow

Screenwriter: John Woo

Film Editor: Peter Cheung, Yuan Tung-chun

Director of Photography: Liang Yung-Chi

Composer: Joseph Koo

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Shao Lin men"

"A Lâmina Fatal"

"Dragon Forever"

"Countdown in Kung Fu"

"少林門"

"Strike of Death"

"The Hand of Death"

Keywords: martial arts

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Hand of Death(Movie, 1976)

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